Improvement in milk-receiving vessels



UNITED STATES JOHN G. ROGERS, OF NILES, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT lNMlLK-RECEIl/ING VESSELS.

Specification forming part of Lett ers Patent No. 146,554, dated January 20, 1874; application tiledy August 23, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. ROGERS, ot Niles, Berrien county, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Milk-Safes, of which the following is a speci ication: A

The nature of the invention relates to the construction of a milk-safe for the reception, safe keeping, and delivery of milk by dairymen; the object being to enable the dairyman to deliver his milk and collect his tickets without calling the purchaser, said milk being deposited in a self-locking can, which also locks to a suitable support near the dwelling of the purchaser, who may get his milk at any time after it is deposited in the can.

The accompanying drawing forms a part of this specification.

The letters of reference marked thereon denote the parts indicated by a similar letter in the writ-ten part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings shows a perspec tive view of my milk-safe as attached to a fencepost; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse secl tion of the same.

ears O O. E represents a double-acting lock. This serves to fasten the safe A to the supplemental bottom B, and also fasten the cover F.

Common locks may be used, and need not be described here.

The body of the safe A is constructed very much like common lnilk-cans, and need not be described in full.

The supplemental bottom B is fastened by means of the screws G Gr Gr to the top of a fence-post, or any suitable support, and should be located so as to be convenient Vfor both the purchaser and seller of milk.

n The purchaser of milk deposits a ticket in the safe, which is then locked by means of a key in the possession of the purchaser.' This` may be done at any time before the arrival ot' the milk-seller, who is provided with a duplicate key, by means of which he unlocks the safe, and takes out the ticket and deposits the amount of milk called for by the ticket in the safe, and locks it as before, when it cannot be disturbed by any person not having the proper key; and the safe may have graduated marks that will indicate the quantity of milk in the safe, thus dispensing with other measures.

Having thusfully described my invention, what I claim is The combination ofthe can A, having the anges D D, cover F, and double-acting lock E, with the supplemental bottom B, having the grooved ears O C, as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

JOHN e. EoeEEs.

Witnesses SHEPHERD H. WHEELER, IRA 4O. WHEELER. 

